Well, if I was watching the news and suddenly there were reports of zombies everywhere, I'd follow these steps:

1. Round up family, make sure they're safe.

2. Round up any possible weapons in my house. Knife blocks are a valuable source of these .

3. Strap the biggest, meanest knife I can find to a broomstick. I like spears that can also be used to slash to an extent (ie. Japanese naginata)

4. Cram as much fuel, food and water into both the family cars as possible.

5. GET THE HELL OUTTA THERE (in cars). Reason: if zombies turn people into more zombies, then naturally the cities are gonna be the places where the most zombies are.

6. Head to whatever country towns may have not been hit yet, and either join or start the local resistance movement.

7. Round up as many people as possible and equip them all with weapons.

8. Wage war against zombies. Hook up with army if possible, perhaps coordinate forces internationally (if there's no-one else already doing this. If there is, take orders). Use hit-and-run tactics to their greatest extent. The last thing you wanna do is let the zombies make more zombies.